Reading Exercise 3

Questions 11-13

Match one of the headings from the box to each of the paragraphs
in the reading passage. Write the corresponding letter (A-F) in spaces 11-13 on
your answer sheet. Note that there are more headings than paragraphs so you will
not use all of them.

Discussion

notice which questions were about general themes and which were-asking
for specific information

know where to look for specific information and what sort of information
was required

go back to the text looking quickly for the information you need

remember not to try and read every word Ho to prepare for IELTS

move on to the next question if you could not answer one

leave enough time to check your answers and to check t hat you followed
the instructions exactly

Use this checklist for the next exercise you do.

Questions 11-13 are typical of the matching exercises
you find in IELTS. In this case you must identify the main theme
of each paragraph or section. So these questions were about the general
themes of the passage. It is not enough if a subject is mentioned; it has
to be the dominant theme or idea, Paragraph 1 mentions heat, for example, but it
is not about heat. Paragraph 2 talks about an experiment on Macaque monkeys but
it is not about Macaque monkeys in general. The main point of paragraph 3 comes
in the last rather than the first sentence.

Question 14 is a type of multiple-choice
question: you have to choose the correct answers from a list. It is also a question
where you must find specific information in the relevant paragraph.
Notice that the actual text will not necessarily use exactly the same words as the
question (‘temperature’ is not a word in that paragraph). It is the information
you have to look for, not the words.

Question 15 seems very simple. But the important thing is
to read the question very carefully: you must not use more than three words,
and they must be from the passage.

Once again, do not worry about specialized vocabulary or
knowledge: you may find a glossary of definitions of specialized vocabulary (‘*trunk,
**neuronal’); you can answer question 15 correctly without any previous knowledge
of areas of the brain or their function.